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Paramedics arrive at the scene of a shooting in Yarka, a Druze village in northern Israel, on April 21, 2026. (Screenshot/Magen David Adom)
April 21, 2026, 6:54 pm
Man and woman shot dead in suspected double homicide in north
Police search for suspects after pair pronounced dead at the scene of shooting in Druze village of Yarka
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance drives through the streets of Haifa, northern Israel, on October 23, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 27, 2026, 2:54 pm
Man killed, another wounded in shooting in northern town of Yarka
Car lot owner and his employee gunned down, reportedly by assailants on motorcycle; this year’s death toll in Arab Israeli community from violence rises to 24
By Charlie Summers
Druze in Israel protest near the Israeli-Syrian border fence in solidarity with Druze in Syria, July 16, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 20, 2025, 9:31 pm
Seven Druze men, including three Syrians, charged with smuggling arms into Israel
Defendants detained alongside 5 soldiers on suspicion of smuggling army-grade weapons to criminals in Israel, during outpouring of Druze into southern Syria amid clashes in region
By Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian
Weapons found by Israeli forces following an attempted smuggling from Syria into Israel, in a handout photo issued on November 19, 2025. (Shin Bet)
November 19, 2025, 3:44 pm
5 IDF troops among 12 detained in gun-running bust on Syrian border
Shin Bet says soldiers crossed into Syria, brought weapons back into country; 3 Syrians involved in smuggling ring also nabbed by troops
By Emanuel Fabian
Malak Khizran, right, with her mother, Malika, at their home in the Druze village of Yarka, Western Galilee, adjacent to Julis, on March 4, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2025, 12:46 pm
Oft-overlooked Druze see new NIS 3.9 billion plan as step to address old grievances
After a Haifa stabbing attack mislabeled as terrorism sent fear through the close-knit Druze community last week, Sunday’s government package sparks hope as ‘end to painful issues’
By Diana Bletter
Troops of the IDF's 282nd Artillery Regiment are seen in northern Israel, in a handout photo published May 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 3, 2024, 6:03 pm
Rockets and drone fire in north cause sirens to sound after 48 hours of quiet
Woman slightly hurt by drone shrapnel near Yarka as projectiles fall in open area near Mount Meron; 282nd Artillery Regiment finishes exercise preparing for war with Hezbollah
By Emanuel Fabian
Police at the murder scene in Yarka where Anan Habish was killed, February 3, 2024. (Israel Police spokesperson)
February 3, 2024, 1:08 pm
Yarka man shot and killed outside his own hummus restaurant
Anan Habish murdered as he opened eatery for business; killing is 11th homicide in Arab community since start of 2024
By ToI Staff
Sarit Ahmad, 18, whose brothers arranged for her murder due to her sexual orientation. She was shot to death in northern Israel on June 9, 2023. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 5, 2023, 4:30 pm
5 suspects arrested over murder of LGBTQ teenage girl last month
Police had said they suspected brothers of Sarit Ahmad, who had threatened her over her sexual orientation, but report claims detainees aren’t related to her
By ToI Staff
Sarit Ahmad, 18, whose brothers arranged for her murder due to her sexual orientation. She was shot to death in northern Israel on June 9, 2023. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 11, 2023, 11:31 pm
3 years before her murder, lesbian teen approached police over brothers’ threats
Sarit Ahmad, then aged 15, told officers one brother offered NIS 200,000 to whoever killed her, other threatened to stab her in stomach after she came out
By ToI Staff
Ali Mugrabi (Facebook screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 11, 2023, 4:46 pm
TV reporter attacked while covering LGBTQ memorial for woman killed in north
Ali Mugrabi of Channel 13 news says suspects broke his phone and beat him after event near Druze town of Yarka; cameraman accuses cops of turning blind eye
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian man after he was briefly taken by masked men in the northern Druze city of Yarka, November 24, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 2, 2023, 2:21 pm
5 Druze charged with kidnapping Palestinians in revenge for teen’s body-snatching
Masked gunmen forced laborers into car in Druze city of Yarka and beat them, before Tiran Fero’s remains were returned by terrorists in Jenin
By Emanuel Fabian
File: Israeli troops hold a drill in northern Israel, January 28, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 22, 2022, 1:52 pm
IDF cadets kill ‘aggressive’ dog sicced on them during exercise in north
Military says troops also fired into air after owner attempted to attack them in Yarka
By Emanuel Fabian
A Palestinian man after he was briefly taken by masked men in the northern Druze city of Yarka, November 24, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 24, 2022, 1:17 pm
3 Palestinians briefly abducted in likely revenge for snatching of Israeli’s body
Masked gunmen forced laborers into car in Druze city of Yarka, threatened an ‘eye for an eye,’ before Druze teenager Tiran Fero’s body was returned by Jenin captors
By Michael Horovitz
An apartment fire in Yarka in which an elderly couple died, March 13, 2022 (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
March 13, 2022, 1:31 pm
Octogenarian couple dies in apartment fire in Yarka
Neighbors pull the pair out of their apartment in northern Druze village, but they are declared dead at the scene
By ToI Staff
Hayum Shahada. (Facebook)
November 28, 2021, 12:23 pm
Man shot dead in northern Druze town
Hayum Shahada, 53, from Yarka, gunned down at his place of work in front of customers, bringing number of Arab Israelis killed in suspected homicides this year to 96
By ToI Staff
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